Josette Day

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Female

Birthday

1914-07-31

Day of death

1978-06-27 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Josette Day

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Josette Day (July 31, 1914 - June 27, 1978) was a French film actress. Born in Paris, she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was married in 1941 to famous French studio head Marcel Pagnol, who she met in January 1939. In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in director Jean Cocteau's famous take on the classic French fairytale Beauty and the Beast. Despite playing numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when she was only 36 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josette Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Final Accord

    Final Accord

  • La Prière aux étoiles

    La Prière aux étoiles

  • The Flame

    The Flame

  • Swiss Tour

    Swiss Tour

  • L'Aristo

    L'Aristo

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

  • Monsieur Brotonneau

    Monsieur Brotonneau

  • Le Patriote

    Le Patriote

  • Stolen Affections

    Stolen Affections

  • Lucrezia Borgia

    Lucrezia Borgia

  • N'aimer que toi

    N'aimer que toi

  • Monsieur Bégonia

    Monsieur Bégonia

  • Miss Helyett

    Miss Helyett

  • The Image Book

    The Image Book

  • The Storm Within

    The Storm Within

  • La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

    La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

  • Ménilmontant

    Ménilmontant

  • Arlette et l'Amour

    Arlette et l'Amour

  • The Man of the Day

    The Man of the Day

  • The Merry Monarch

    The Merry Monarch

  • Le couché de la mariée

    Le couché de la mariée

  • The Bureaucrats

    The Bureaucrats

  • C'était un musicien

    C'était un musicien

  • Mam'zelle Spahi

    Mam'zelle Spahi

  • The Regiment's Champion

    The Regiment's Champion

  • Jeunesse d'abord

    Jeunesse d'abord

  • Coralie and Company

    Coralie and Company

  • The Five Cents of Lavarede

    The Five Cents of Lavarede

  • Love, Madame

    Love, Madame

  • The Daughters of the Concierge

    The Daughters of the Concierge

  • Club de femmes

    Club de femmes

  • The Barber of Seville

    The Barber of Seville

  • Bibi-la-Purée

    Bibi-la-Purée

  • Oaths

    Oaths

  • La Croisée des chemins

    La Croisée des chemins

  • Un bouquet de flirts

    Un bouquet de flirts

  • Aux portes de Paris

    Aux portes de Paris

  • Sisters-in-Arms

    Sisters-in-Arms

  • The Well-Digger's Daughter

    The Well-Digger's Daughter

  • Bargekeepers Daughter

    Bargekeepers Daughter

  • La Sonnette d'alarme

    La Sonnette d'alarme

  • Daddy's Girl

    Daddy's Girl

  • Here's Berlin

    Here's Berlin

  • Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

    Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

  • Colomba

    Colomba

  • Just Leon

    Just Leon

  • Antonia

    Antonia